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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 9.5 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 15/9.5 new)
7    Sec. 9.5. Regulation of certain pollution control 
8facilities.  No provision of this Act shall be construed to 
9allow any county with a population of less than 2,000,000 
10residents to adopt an ordinance or resolution, except an 
11ordinance or resolution adopting a county plan in accordance 
12with Sections 4 and 5 of this Act, or implementing a county 
13plan in accordance with Section 7 of this Act, that requires 
14the issuance of a permit, or that imposes regulations upon the 
15operations of a municipal solid waste landfill unit, sanitary 
16landfill, storage site, transfer station, or waste disposal 
17site, as long as the facility obtains appropriate permits from 
18the Agency in accordance with Section 39 of the Environmental 
19Protection Act.  Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 100th 
20General Assembly shall be construed to diminish or impair any 
21authority conferred upon a county under the Environmental 
22Protection Act, including, but not limited to, subsection (r) 
23of Section 4 and Section 39.2 of the Environmental Protection 
 
 
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1Act.
2    Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 100th General 
3Assembly shall be construed to limit the authority of a county 
4to prepare or adopt a county plan pursuant to and in accordance 
5with Sections 4 and 5  of this Act, to implement a county plan 
6in accordance with Section 7 of this Act, or to relieve a 
7facility proposed for siting approval from demonstrating 
8consistency with that plan as required by criterion (viii) of 
9subsection (a) of Section 39.2 of the Environmental Protection 
10Act. 
11    For the purposes of this Section, "municipal solid waste 
12landfill unit", "sanitary landfill", "storage site", "transfer 
13station", and "waste disposal site" have the meanings provided 
14to those terms in the Environmental Protection Act.
 

15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.